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The 49th annual World Series of Poker $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Championship at Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Vegas – commonly referred to as the Main Event – is down to its final nine players.

The 2018 World Series of Poker Main Event has been whittled down to the final nine, and there's one very familiar face among that number.

After entering Wednesday with the chip lead, Aram Zobian had to battle to the very last hand in order to make the World Series of Poker Main Event final table, which means a flock of fans from his home state of Rhode Island will be in Las Vegas when play resumes on Thursday.

Aram Zobian's rise to the top began with a hot streak before the dinner break and he ended the night in the very same manner, bagging up impressive 41,585,000.

Kelly Minkin was the "Last Woman Standing" once again at the World Series of Poker Main Event, and despite getting eliminated during Day 6 play, she gave her No. 1 fan the thrill of a lifetime.

Due to last night's impromptu ending, caused by a power outage, 109 players will return to play the 1 hour and 23 minutes left in Level 26 that got cut short.

Caesar Entertainment Las Vegas Resorts all-new Fortune Pai Gow Poker Progressive jackpot of $1,428,739.11 hit for one lucky guests on Saturday, 30 June at Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.

The Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino took a hard hit from the storm. Power died in the event center and emergency lighting activated about an hour before players were scheduled to bag.

Barry Hutter has the lead with 5,597,000, with Brian Altman sitting third with 4,861,000. Alexander Haro sits between them with 5,031,000.

With the summer sailing along, we have another busy week of stories from the gambling world. As mentioned last week, Casino City was on scene for the grand openings of two Atlantic City casinos.

A total of 2,460 players walked through the door at the beginning of the day, but only 1,131 will be moving on to Day 3. Leading the way is Shawn Daniels, who bagged up a whopping 532,500 chips.

The 4,571 runners who came out for Day 1C made it the biggest single flight in the history of the WSOP since organizers began divvying up the field into more than one starting day.

The second starting day of the 2018 WSOP $10,000 Main Event not only surpassed the field size of the previous starting flight, but more than doubled the numbers of Day 1A, with a total of 2,378 entries.

The first of three starting days of the 2018 World Series of Poker $10,000 Main Event had a total of 925 players take part in the biggest poker tournament of the year at the Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino.

The 49th running of poker’s ultimate championship returns to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino today, with thousands of players expected to enter the $10,000 buy-in event in hopes of claiming poker’s ultimate prize.

Designed as a multi-phased, 24,000 square-foot project, The Wall is now open and boasts ample gaming and lounge space highlighted by 30 high-performance Alienware gaming PCs.

Jeremy Wien was supposed to be at work on Monday. Instead, he was in the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino winning his first World Series of Poker bracelet in the $5,000 Big Blind Ante No-Limit Hold'em tournament.

The 2018 World Series of Poker is underway, but that isn’t the only highlight of the week. Some large amounts have been won on jackpots or spent to expand or acquire a casino. Everyone wants to make money, and, not to be cliché, but sometimes you have to spend money to make money. So, let’s jump right into the stories.

Amid an assortment of rule changes and new events, the 2018 World Series of Poker begins Tuesday at the Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas with the first of 78 official gold bracelet events.

With three different progressive jackpots, there are more chances to win. The Mega jackpot hits with a seven-card straight flush; the Major jackpot is won with five aces; and the Minor jackpot is won with a royal flush.